Choose your own Adventure (icky)

[manybellsdown]

That's just it--they don't sit, they "hover".

One of the worst flame wars I ever saw on an internet message board was between women who sit versus women who hover. You would not believe how angry some people get about that.

[BlaqueKatt]

But I can not for the life of me understand how or why there are shoe prints on the seat. I have seen muddy runner prints and bits of dried grass. I have even been next in the line and wondering how the door was locked but there were no feet to be seen. <snip>Especially when they have no aim.

um not everywhere uses sit down toilets, some countries only have squat toilets, which from medical studies/literature are much better for the body.

[Andara Bledin]

um not everywhere uses sit down toilets, some countries only have squat toilets, which from medical studies/literature are much better for the body.

Better for the body's plumbing (particularly for solid waste issues), but worse for the knees. Most American toilets I've used sit way too high.

As for the fight between sitters and hoverers, the hoverers have no base. If they're really that germophobic they can't plop their asses on a public toilet seat then they need to carry supplies such as seat covers with them and not be assholes and put more nastiness on the seats.

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[Ironclad Alibi]

Mrs. IA will sometimes hover if the facilities call for it. One time, we stopped at an out of the way place. She went in and asked if she could use their toilet. The yokel in the store said, "Sure. It's in the back. Ha ha ha." When she got back there it turned out that the toilet was broken, as in the ceramic bowl was a ring of sharp points sticking up. She did the hovering thing, and thanked the guy on her way out. He was last seen scratching his head in confusion.

[Seshat]

One of the worst flame wars I ever saw on an internet message board was between women who sit versus women who hover. You would not believe how angry some people get about that.

Just out of sheer curiousity, what were the main arguments on both sides?

(Not wanting to start a fratch here - if anyone wants to debate the issue, we should take it to Fratching. I just want to hear the main points.)

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Cats would never tolerate that.

I know one of mine wouldn't.

Now, mind you, Stan wouldn't give a crap . . . he'd just use the litterbox anyways. Wendyburger, OTOH, prefers to do her #1 on the floor right in front of the back door.

So I guess even in my house, the female cat is the worse slob.

[Joyius]

I usually put toilet paper down on the toilet seat before I sit, but I make sure to brush it in before I flush. God knows I don't want to catch anything >:.

[VenomX]

Our restrooms got so bad that we employees told the boss we would no longer clean them.
The next day he put up a sign that said no public restrooms but then a few days later one of the 2 daylight guys took the sign down.

Theres 4 of us, 2 switch bacjk and forth between 7am to 4pm and noon to 9pm. They both still give out the restrooms keys then want to cry that they are never clean. Me and the other midnight guy told them both to clean the restrooms since they want to still give out the keys.

Me and the other midnight guy both still tell people that we no longer have public restrooms.
I use one a few times a night for #1 and like once a week for #2 and Ill spray the seat down with bleach clean up stuff before and after. The trash cans in both are full and overflowing onto the floor and will stay that way.

Use to be once or twice a week someone would #2 all over the restroom, either mens or womens... but when we refused to clean them any more it was 5 days straight that BOTH restrooms were #2'ed all over, #2'ed boxers and underwear on the floor oor in the trash can, the full paper roll stuffed into the comode... NEVER AGAIN. I told the owner to fire me because I will not clean them, HE told us no public restrooms so if the 2 daylight guys want to hand the keys out let them clean them.

[dragon_wings]

We've had to stop allowing customers back into our restrooms cause they got so nasty. But they're are still people that will let customers back. My biggest problem with that is that an employee has to unlock the door cause the restrooms are behind the same door as the break room and employee lockers.
Once recently my manger tried to talk me into help her clean the men's room cause someone made a mess in there. The pharmacist only let the dude back there cause he started just going by the pharmacy.

[Blue Ginger]

um not everywhere uses sit down toilets, some countries only have squat toilets, which from medical studies/literature are much better for the body.

Yep, I know all about squat toilets. Even had to use some hiking in the bush and at rest points on highways. You know that someone is your friend when they have to help you balance. Damn dodgy knees and hips.

I don't have a problem with people either sitting or hovering or squatting if they must. But if they are going to put their feet on the seat, they need to at least wipe off the shoe prints. And wipe off anything that misses.

[Gamegirl]

I must be very lucky, since the bathrooms at my present job are usually pretty clean.

Years ago I worked at a big chain book store. The things customers would do in those bathrooms was horrifying:

1. S*** smeared all over the walls. I wish I were kidding.
2. A customer (at least I hope it was a customer) vomited copious amounts of something really smelly all over the toilet and floor, which clogged up the drain in the floor so badly a plumber needed to be called.
3.Urine splashed liberally all over the floor and walls.

I am sure there were other horrible things but those are the only ones I can think of. I also worked at a large toy store chain. The bathrooms there were pretty awful too, every other day the toilets were clogged with disposable diapers.

Why do people do crap like this? do they do this at home?

[Andara Bledin]

do they do this at home?

No. They don't.

At home, they'd be the ones that have to deal with this asshattery. They won't put up with it there. But outside their home it's "somebody else's problem" so they have no qualms whatsoever being filthy disgusting douchebags.

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